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Commentary Solomon: Progressive Canaries in a Political Mine

Commentary, October, 17 2010 Norman Solomon
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Take it from David Axelrod. “Almost the entire Republican margin is based on the enthusiasm gap,” the president’s senior adviser said last week. “And if Democrats come out in the same turnout as Republicans, it’s going to be a much different elect...

Commentary Solomon: No, Higher Consciousness Won’t Save Us

Commentary, September, 24 2010 Norman Solomon
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Autumn 2010 is a time of disillusionment for many who deplore the USA’s current political trajectory. Some who’ve been active for progressive causes are now gravitating toward hope that individual actions -- in tandem with higher consciousness, mo...

Video Solomon: Tea Party, Not Progressives Make a Statement

Video, September, 21 2010 Norman Solomon
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In an interview with The Real News, Norman Solomon, a member the national advisory committee Progressive Democrats of America, said that rather than forsaking the Democratic party for grassroots progressive movements, the two should be used simult...

Commentary Solomon: A Speech for Endless War

Commentary, September, 06 2010 Norman Solomon
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On the last night of August, the president used an Oval Office speech to boost a policy of perpetual war.

Commentary Solomon: Gen. Petraeus Goes to Media War

Commentary, August, 17 2010 Norman Solomon
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It’s already history. In mid-August 2010, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan launched a huge media campaign to prevent any substantial withdrawal of military forces the next summer.

Commentary Solomon: Unanimous Conformity in the Senate

Commentary, July, 03 2010 Norman Solomon
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Every living senator voted Wednesday to approve Gen. David Petraeus as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan.

Commentary Solomon: From Great Man to Great Screwup: Behind the McChrystal Uproar

Commentary, June, 24 2010 Norman Solomon
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When the wheels are coming off, it doesn’t do much good to change the driver.

Commentary Solomon: Israel and Harman in Tandem: From High Seas to Airwaves

Commentary, June, 05 2010 Norman Solomon
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When Israel attacked the Gaza aid flotilla, Congresswoman Jane Harman was engaged in a parallel assault. Israel’s government relied on the efficacy of violence; Harman’s campaign was counting on the power of paid media. In both cases, the targets ...

Commentary Solomon: A Bomber Jacket Doesn't Cover the Blood

Commentary, April, 02 2010 Norman Solomon
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President Obama has taken a further plunge into the kind of war abyss that consumed predecessors named Johnson, Nixon and Bush.

Commentary Solomon: Zero Public Option + One Mandate = Disaster

Commentary, March, 19 2010 Norman Solomon
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Not long ago, the most prominent supporters of the public option were touting it as essential for healthcare reform. Now, suddenly, it's incidental.

Commentary Solomon: Dollars for Death, Pennies for Life

Commentary, February, 16 2010 Norman Solomon
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When the U.S. military began a major offensive in southern Afghanistan over Presidents Day weekend, the killing of children and other civilians was predictable. Lofty rhetoric aside, such deaths come with the territory of war and occupation.

Commentary Solomon: Democrats Boosting Right-Wing Populism

Commentary, January, 21 2010 Norman Solomon
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In his triumphant speech on election night, the next senator from Massachusetts should have thanked top Democrats in Washington for all they did to make his victory possible.

Znet Article Solomon: Flares in the Political Dark

Znet Article, December, 26 2009 Norman Solomon
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The winter solstice of 2009 arrived as a grim metaphor for the current politics of healthcare, war and a lot more. “In a dark time,” wrote the poet Theodore Roethke, “the eye begins to see.”

Commentary Solomon: Mr. President, War Is Not Peace

Commentary, December, 12 2009 Norman Solomon
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Eloquence in Oslo cannot change the realities of war.

Commentary Solomon: The War Stampede

Commentary, November, 22 2009 Norman Solomon
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Disputes are raging within the Obama administration over how to continue the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan. A new leak tells us that Washington’s ambassador in Kabul, former four-star general Karl Eikenberry, has cautioned against adding more t...

Commentary Solomon: Biggest State Party to Obama: Get Out of Afghanistan

Commentary, November, 17 2009 Norman Solomon
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There's a significant new straw in the political wind for President Obama to consider. The California Democratic Party has just sent him a formal and clear message: Stop making war in Afghanistan

Znet Article Solomon: The Next Phase of Healthcare Apartheid

Znet Article, November, 06 2009 Norman Solomon
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At this point, only spinners who've succumbed to their own vertigo could use the word "robust" to describe the public option in the healthcare bill that the House Democratic leadership has sent to the floor.

Commentary Solomon: Uncle Sam in Afghanistan: Good Help Is Hard to Find

Commentary, October, 23 2009 Norman Solomon
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Almost eight years after choosing Hamid Karzai to head the Afghan government, Uncle Sam would like to give him a pink slip. But it’s not easy. And the grim fiasco of Afghanistan’s last election is shadowing the next.

Commentary Solomon: Starting Another Year of War in Afghanistan

Commentary, October, 02 2009 Norman Solomon
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October 2009 has begun with the New York Times reporting that "the president, vice president and an array of cabinet secretaries, intelligence chiefs, generals, diplomats and advisers gathered in a windowless basement room of the White House for t...

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